Lamont Weir McLean

Forenames

Lamont Weir AWMM

Surname

McLean AWMM

Service number

• NZ422420 AWMM
• WWII 422420 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Apr 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)

Next of kin

WW2 Father: Mr. J. McLean of Grey Lynn, Auckland 100 Old Mill Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland W. 2 AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ422420 AWMM
• WWII 422420 AWMM

Military service

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Graduation Date: 25/06/1943. AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 514 Squadron AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Bloemfontein AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Flying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 514 Squadron AWMM

Lamont McLean was the son of John and Elizabeth P. McLean, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.



In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

Attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM

Death

21 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 15. D. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2040083
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845613
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845745)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845745
  Sources Used

References

• The Weekly News
  The Weekly News 1944
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing - United Kingdom, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845745)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.